J.Post October 29: The 'Palestinian state' folly

Sir, - The article by Michael Cohen submitted as a "Letter from America" with the title "Why a Palestinian state is essential" suffers from an obvious major flaw. While it very well may be an accurate expression of why America views a Palestinian state to be essential, it completely fails to appreciate the genuine existential concerns of the people of Israel, while at the same time reveals a gross lack of understanding about the realities of the PA-Israel conflict.

Since Michael Cohen lists himself as a Rabbi and a college teacher of conflict resolution, I unfortunately feel compelled to criticize the thesis of his article in relation to these two professional areas. One of the primary duties of a rabbi has always been to identify with the plight of the Jewish people, seek their welfare, and fight on their behalf. Rabbi Cohen expresses no empathy at all with Israel's fragile security situation, but with unmitigated chutzpah dares to suggest that his understanding of Israel's defense requirements is superior to that of Israel's democratically elected prime minister.

As a rabbi and conflict resolver, Cohen must understand that Israel is surrounded by implacable enemies and unrestrained fanatical hatred. The PA has never ceased its promotion of terrorism in words as well as in deeds. It heroizes the most vile acts of terrorism and constantly uses every vehicle at the UN and elsewhere to demonize Israel by invoking old blood libels, and obscenely accuses Israel of Nazi atrocities. It actively promotes terrorism in its schools and mosques. It joins itself with Hamas, whose charter calls for the annihilation of Israel, who has 'tsunamied' Israel with thousands of deadly rockets, and who has taken the lives of tens of our most precious sons. 

Must not everyone of sound mind and principle decidedly appreciate—despite Cohen's derision—Israel's insistence on maintaining its 'present very narrow and rigid security definition' for its very survival?

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

The racist attacks by against the IDF

Sir, - James Adler of Cambridge, Mass. has apparently chosen to abandon his persistent simplistic mantra of solely blaming Israel (because of what he terms the "occupation") for all the ills of the Middle East. He now expands his virulent anti-Israel doctrine by descending into the slime of pernicious accusations of Israel's indifference to the spilling of innocent blood as well as racial bigotry relating to the war in Gaza.

If it is at all possible for Adler to cleanse his glasses from the accumulated muck, I would like to acquaint him with reality by means of a number of well-documented facts.

It is Hamas that has in its manifesto the call to annihilate the state of Israel, and periodically attempts to do so. The lengthy underground tunnels they have dug from Gaza that extend into several civilian communities in Israel have no purpose other than mass murder and kidnappings. The thousands of rockets fired into Israel were designed to cause massive civilian casualties, and would have if not for divine providence and brilliant defense technology. All this despite the fact that Gaza has not been occupied since 2005, when Israel unilaterally withdrew.

Israel's desire not to harm innocents has been well proven by the warnings of imminent attacks supplied to the civilians of Gaza, and the military orders to avoid civilian casualties even though doing so often places the lives of Israeli soldiers in jeopardy. The morality of the IDF is second to none!

IDF delegation to India, 2001

Adler's references to the "brown" color of the victims, and his less than subtle accusation that color is a factor in Israel's military conduct, is nothing less than a disgusting attempt at barely veiled anti-semitism. 

Would it please Adler to learn that a goodly proportion of Israel's fallen soldiers and officers were of Ethiopian, Yemenite, Iraqi and Moroccan origin, and that Israel is one of the few places that enjoys a true ingathering of the exiles from every region in the world?

Evidently, Cambridge is not completely free of bigots.

ZEV CHAMUDOT

Petach Tikva

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The cost of fighting?

Sir, - After a careful reading of Alexander Yakobson's article "The cost of fighting, the cost of not fighting," the best I can say is that he possibly means well but nevertheless is seriously mistaken.

He begins by providing the reader with a seemingly well balanced and judicious argument, in the context of the Israeli-Arab conflict, for the need to carefully weigh the gains of taking a given action against the losses suffered if the action is not taken. Unfortunately his judiciousness becomes suspect when he permits his own biases and unsupported assumptions to seep through when describing the posture of Netanyahu, settlers, and the entire Right in regard to the two-state solution.

Without any equivocation Yakobson proclaims and accuses that "the problem with the right-wing objection to partition is that the Right does not consider the costs and dangers of non-partition." Yakobson arbitrarily chooses the pro-partition platform and pontifically pronounces "non-partition is, in the long run, fatal, because if there are not two states in this land, sooner or later there will be one state here, and this state will not be Israel."

I vigorously beg to differ. Am yisrael chai!

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

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With No Apologies: Why J.Post's Headline is Misleading

Sir, - The headline on the front page of the Jerusalem Post of March 12, stated in bold large letters "Israel apologizes for killing of Jordanian at Allenby crossing." A careful reading of the news story that follows quite clearly exposes the headline as being grossly misleading. As such it can easily cause a great deal of misunderstanding that is often followed by negative and unfortunate consequences. This danger is compounded and becomes far more treacherous when the headline appears on the front page.

The text of the news story relates that the Prime Mister's Office, in an effort to reduce the tensions with Jordan over the killing of Raed Za'eiter, issued a statement expressing regret over his death. The statement, in addition to expressing Israel's sympathies to the people and government of Jordan, further tells that Israel has already shared with Jordan the results of its preliminary investigation and even agreed to Jordan's request to establish a joint Israel-Jordanian team to complete the investigation.

The commonly accepted meaning of the word Apology is the expression of regret for a wrong that you have committed. Indeed, we are informed that Israel did express regret over the death of the young man, but it did not by way of word or deed convey the notion that his death was wrongfully brought about by Israel. On the contrary, the reported results of the investigation conducted by the IDF indicated that the shooting took place after the victim shouted "Allahu Akbar" and charged at the soldiers and attempted to snatch a rifle. Under the circumstances and a sane sense of justice, it is Israel that should be demanding an apology from Jordan!

ZEV CHAMUDOT

Petach Tikva

J.Post November 6: Is Now the Time for a Peace Agreement?

Sir, - Boaz Ganor, founder and executive director of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism, makes a valiant effort to depict the various upheavals that many of Israel’s neighbors are experiencing and suggests that they present a window of opportunity for us to come to an agreement with the Palestinians (“The window of opportunity,” Comment & Features,” November 4). Sadly to say, I fear that although the learned author describes certain drastic changes in our region, the conclusions he draws are erroneous.

If this “window” were so promising for Israel, it should be viewed even more so as a golden opportunity for the Palestinian Authority, which is witnessing the possible collapse of several of its Muslim allies as well as the terrorist regime in Gaza. If this were so, the PA would desperately be begging for a peace agreement.

US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry should be able to see the reality of the situation and begin to bring pressure on the PA for it to make gestures of good will toward Israel.

At every juncture of his portrayal of the regional changes taking place, Ganor is careful enough to describe the fragility and real possibility that these changes could be undone. For Israel to make any concessions concerning its security or its borders based on these unstable circumstances would be of the utmost folly.

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petah Tikva

J.Post August 13: Releasing Terrorists -- U.S. Hypocrisy Taken to the Extreme

Sir, - Living as I do in the reality of Israel's precariously fragile security situation, I must admit to being nonplussed when reading the statement "the move angered the U.S. government." What was the move that incurred the wrath of the United States? It was the fact that Mexico released a drug lord that was behind the 1985 killing of a DEA agent.

As a good citizen who tries to act with the guidance of a moral compass, I ordinarily would have felt a sense of outrage at this betrayal of justice. After all, this villain was responsible for the death of a US law enforcement official, and the fact that he has spent 28 years in prison should not and does not absolve him of the guilt for his heinous crime.

However, I am acutely aware and completely heartbroken by the pressure brought to bear on Israel by the United States for the release of 104 terrorist murderers of innocent civilian women and children, and therefore I remain completely unmoved by the discomfort concerning the Mexican druglord.

It is time that the U.S. government and the spineless Israeli leadership learned the infinite value of a single life... and the infinite evil of terrorism.

ZEV CHAMUDOT

Petach Tikva

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James Adler vs. Martin Sherman: The Difference Between Light and Darkness

Sir, - In the Talmud, the Rabbis explain the necessity of having the Havdallah prayer placed in the midst of the fourth blessing in the Amidah portion of the evening service that marks the end of the Sabbath. It is the fourth blessing in which we express our gratitude to the Almighty for granting us intelligence and knowledge, and it is precisely those gifts that enable us to distinguish between the holy and the profane, light and darkness, Israel and the nations, the seventh day and the six days of labor.

James Adler asks why the Jerusalem Post continues to print the articles of Martin Sherman whom he labels an extremist. Adler himself, however, has displayed a remarkable, Pavlovian persistence in blaming Israel for all the ills of the Middle East. There has never been any indication that he possesses the ability to distinguish between light and darkness, truth and fiction, or reality and propaganda when writing about the Arab-Israel conflict. There has never been any evidence of his equanimity being at all upset by terrorist atrocities, hundreds of rockets falling on Israel's civilian population, vicious anti-Israel messages of hate emerging from PA schools and mosques, massacres of innocents in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon, and turmoil in the whole region. One honestly wonders why his thoughtless letters get published in the Jerusalem Post.

Adler apparently cannot tell the difference between the support and justification of terrorism provided by Larry Derfner and the noncoercive, economically incentivized emigration proposed by Martin Sherman. The former supports death, while the latter attempts to find non-violent solutions to deal with the realities of the issues. His articles are analytical , deeply insightful, and well-argued, while the letters of James Adler are completely inane and offensive.

ZEV CHAMUDOT

Petach Tikva

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How NOT to Make Peace With Palestinians

Sir, - When Gershon Baskin declares "We know how to make peace" it becomes immediately apparent that he is attempting to use the royal "We" to serve as a cover for the load emanating from his pedestrian boastful "I." Without any hesitation he informs us that the imaginary agreements that he is comfortable with regarding borders, divided Jerusalem, refugees, security, prisoner exchange, etc.  must be the ones that the State of Israel adopt in order that peace can come to our region.

I personally beg to differ with Gershon, and also unhesitatingly declare that most of Israel's citizens, as clearly established by the results of Israel's recent democratic elections, do not accept his quite obvious pro-Palestinian positions and the one-sided concessions that he is prepared to make.

I would like to challenge Baskin on two most important issues. Despite the ease with which he divides Jerusalem, I would like him to address the absurdity of the reality that prevails today on the Temple Mount. After a costly war to liberate Jerusalem and the declaration that "Har habayit b'yadenu," Israel with super magnanimity granted the Muslim Wakf supervision over that sacred area. This magnanimity has resulted with the arrest by the Muslim Wakf of any Jew who dares move his lips even in silent prayer on the Temple Mount. Has this travesty ever troubled Baskin, and how would he in his superior wisdom deal with it?

The second issue is that of releasing Palestinian terrorist prisoners. I noticed that Gershon in the short biographical sketch beneath his article now includes "Initiator and negotiator of the behind-the-scenes that led to the release of Gilad Schalit." I would like to enlist Baskin's boasted negotiating skills so that Israel can release one Palestinian terrorist prisoner in exchange for 1,000 terrorists that they hand over to us, made up of 500 Hamas's Izz al-Din al-Qassam and the remainder from the PA's al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade, and only then may he rightfully gain our respect.

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

J.Post Magazine October 26: Rifkin's Folly

Sir, - Lawrence Rifkin who labels himself a "Grumpy Old Man" has fittingly produced a most petty and pathetic article. Although recognizing Iran's existential threat to Israel as well as its serious implications for the world, he nevertheless chooses to nitpick at the nature of the illustration that Prime Mister Netanyahu presented to demonstrate the impending immediacy of the threat, and derisively titles his column "Bibi boom."

I personally found Netanyahu's illustration and explanation to be extremely clear and  most effective in demonstrating and articulating the rapidly approaching danger to Israel and the world from a nuclear armed Iran. Despite the opinions of the Twitterists quoted by Rifkin, I am sorry to say that I was unable to identify in his article anything that can be construed as being of a constructive redeeming value.

Of course if Rifkin wanted to supply his aficionados with what they would consider as packing a real wallop, I could suggest the following substitute for Netanyahu's drawing: After Netanyahu's extremely lucid review of the many attempts to destroy our people including the imminent threat by Iran, Netanyahu could have arranged with the head of the Mossad to have all the lights at the U.N. be shut and then to have a huge firecracker (once known as a cherry bomb) be exploded before the microphone, with the following results visible when the lights went on: one fourth of the assembled suffered heart attacks, one fourth sought to convert to Judaism, one fourth sullied their clothes, and the last group of representatives from Moslem countries organized violent demonstrations against American embassies because they were responsible for ridiculing the Prophet.

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

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Unwelcome Advice: Adler, From Vietnam to Iran

Sir, - James Adler of Cambridge Mass. has a gift for misapprehension, distortion and illogic which he attempts to hide by a glib quote from Thucydides.

He misapprehends the brutal reality of the continuous threats of annihilation that Iran directs against Israel and immediately upon achieving nuclear weapon capability would be converted into an attempt at Israel's complete destruction.

Adler distorts when he describes a letter as being 'decisive' simply because he approves of it, and when he states that "the only solution is diplomacy." He distorts most grossly when he describes the twenty year war in Vietnam as "an occasional miscalculation." It resulted in more than 58,000 American casualties, South Vietnamese 200,000, and North Vietman suffered over one million casualties. He further distorts by failing to mention the American debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Adler's illogic manifests itself when he urges diplomacy as the solution. Has he drawn that conclusion by the 'success' of the diplomatic efforts to halt the slaughter of 30,000 civilians in Syria? By the success of sanctions in slowing Iran's drive toward weapon capability? Does Adler have any examples where a tyrannical regime was persuaded by diplomacy? N.Korea? Pakistan? His illogic is further compounded by suggestion that Israel (the threatened party) is invited to accept Arab peace initiatives and cede territory without even a suggestion that Iran give up any of its nefarious objectives.

Israel deserves better advice!

ZEV CHAMUDOT

Petach Tikva

Less Talk, More Action From IDF

Sir, - Having not been invited to sit in at the deliberations of the 'Security Eight', in a sense I am rather thankful for being spared from what must be the excessive verbosity and the apparent inability to decide on a meaningful course of action. I was prompted to write my opening sentence after seeing the headline of The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, June 24th, which reads ,"IDF: Quiet, violence to be met in kind, as cease-fire goes into effect."

To be an accurate description of the IDF's operations in Gaza, the headline should read "Quiet and violence will be met by quiet" as 23 rockets were launched into Israel as the so called cease-fire was to go into effect. These rockets of course, did not come as a total surprise to our astute military decision makers, as they were a continuation of the 150 rockets that have been launched all over southern Israel since Monday.

Netanyahu has been reported as saying that "Israel does not want to be dragged into a widescale conflict in Gaza at a time not of its own choosing." It is quite clear to me, that this is exactly the trap that Israel seems almost eager to fall into by its weak-kneed response to the ongoing threat from Gaza against the lives and well-being of our citizens.

Why is it that the rocket launchers get to decide when to disrupt our lives and when to stop, rather than we making the decision, that the first rocket fired into Israel will be met by a response that would clearly demonstrate the non-desirability to do so again? Why is it that we have not eliminated the tunnels that enable the smuggling of formidable weaponry into Gaza? The location of these tunnels are precisely known, and there destruction would certainly help limit the recurring rocket threat.
Our citizens deserve much less talk and much more decisive action against those seek our destruction!


ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

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Ross' Doublespeak

Sir,-- The well seasoned diplomat Dennis Ross has seemingly run out of intelligent comments pertaining to Iran, and now chooses to becloud the very critical issues with diplomatic 'doublespeak'. "It is time to shift gears in negotiations with Iran" says Ross, but goes on to suggest a program of continuing self deception and refusal to admit to the harsh reality that the gears have ground to a complete breakdown. The Iranians have quite clearly stated their refusal to accept the West's demands and just as clearly have exploited the time of these negotiations for the further development of their nuclear program.

Instead of a non-hesitant and unequivocal ultimatum to Iran to halt the enrichment program, Ross states that the "core issue" is whether Iran is going to accept some "gobbledygook" that he suggests and only then if they refuse will we know that "diplomacy is not going to work". Ross further plays with delaying tactics by stating that "at the end of the day there was no military solution to the problem". Of course by stating that he utterly destroys any reason for Iran to stop doing what it has been doing.

What Ross and all the other diplomats must finally recognize as the correct evaluation of the reality of Iran's intentions that Israel has been stating all along.

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

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Murderous Stone-Throwers: B'Tselem Vid at Yitzhar

Sir, - Decades ago, there was a play on Broadway called "I am a Camera" which merited the brief comment by a non-appreciative critic, "No Leika!" I completely endorse that critical appraisal when applied to the title of the article published on Monday about a video taken by B'Tselem : "We have video footage showing settlers shooting at stone-throwing Palestinians."

The most fitting comments about videos of this type, is that they can be deceptive, sometimes fraudulent, and often maliciously treacherous. A video that focuses on a particular scene, action, or moment, depicts an event 'frozen' in the present without providing any real understanding or insight to what preceded the events shown.

B'Tselem, that purports to be an organization concerned with fairness and human rights, seems to constantly deny those rights to Jewish settlers, and always describes events based on Palestinian accusations without any evidence to support their narrative. Frankly, based on the history of Yitzhar and the atrocities they have suffered at the hands of their Palestinian neighbors, I totally accept their version of acting in self defense. If in fact, the settler fields were set on fire, and they came to the defense of their lives and property, and then were attacked my murderous Palestinian stone-throwers, a judicial appraisal of the situation would have concluded that the stone throwers perhaps, got off too easy.

 ZEV CHAMUDOT
 Petach Tikva

Haste in Judging: The Eisner Episode

Sir, - While the controversy about the Eisner episode continues, it seems to invite some rather dubious comments. An example of this appears in a letter to the editor of The Jerusalem Post of April 30th, under the banner "It just looks bad." The author criticizes Martin Sherman's requirement of the need to examine the provocation and the nature of the organization the protestors belonged to before condemning and dismissing a dedicated career officer who has served his country with distinction and heroism.

I unequivocally share Martin Sherman's opinion and am appalled by the words at the letter's end, "It doesn't much matter what the background of the story is. What matters are the graphic pictures the world saw. We can definitely do without this type of publicity."

The letter's author seems far less concerned and disturbed by what actually took place, than the fact that it just looks bad. In view of Israel's bitter experience with fraudulent pictures from hostile sources, the not wanting to know the full background of an event before passing judgment is highly problematic.

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

Benefit of the Doubt: The Eisner Affair

Screenshot captured from here

Sir, - I most heartily commend your editorial for lucidly and forcefully arguing the need for both Israel's political and military leadership to adopt a 'benefit of the doubt approach' when dealing with any confrontation between IDF soldiers and those who challenge our physical and political legitimacy. The necessity for a thorough, unbiased, unemotional, and apolitical investigation would seem to be obvious, but unfortunately it requires constant vigilance and backbone.

The haste to condemn an IDF officer who has served with distinction, on the basis of pictures, or testimony originating from hostile sources is not only utterly contemptible, but has often in the past been proven fraudulent and unreliable.

I also question the prejudicial use of the words "smash" or "bash" in describing the event that took place. Either smash or dash should have minimally resulted with the protestor having suffered a broken
nose, a chipped tooth, or a dislocated jaw and not the slight injuries claimed. Who knows if a proper  
investigation of the violence of the protestors and the injuries to the officer will not reveal that the protestor got off too lightly!
                                         
ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

Bigotry: James Adler on Israeli Racism

Sir, - Two aspects of James Adler's letter of March 18, I feel are in need of an appropriate response. The first seems to be his warped view of Justice. Under the guise of being fair to both sides, he repeatedly makes the point 'yes, rockets are evil' etc., but complains that the side that he admits to being the aggressor suffers more casualties than the side that they wanted to destroy. It would appear that his strange sense of 'fair play', would only be satisfied if confrontations between the police and criminals resulted in an equal number of casualties for both sides.

The second aspect is far more invidious and indeed unforgivable. He insidiously attributes the disparity in the number of casualties to a racist motivation, by twice describing the enemy as being 'brown'. This totally gratuitous, malicious, and mendacious release of the ugly genie of skin color, is evidently due to Adler's inability to explain the asymmetry by other far more compelling reasons. Adler is most comfortable to accuse Israel and the IDF of acting from the basest of motivations, and thus reveals himself to be not only a shallow thinker, but one willing to resort to bigotry.

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

Them and Us: Israeli Reaction to Killing of Innocents

Sir, - It was with deep dismay, and almost disbelief, to have read page nine of the March 12, Jerusalem Post. Placed side by side, are stories of the butchery and massacre of innocent civilians. The headlines read as follows: 'Western forces in Afghanistan kill 16 civilians, including children', ' 13 dead in Pakistan funeral blast', 'Tears fill Congo mass funeral', 'Reprisal attacks follow suicide bombing at Nigerian church.'

Pure hatred, malice, and bigotry appear to be the underlying motive for all of these unprovoked atrocities. Compare the above with the tone of regret on the front page of that date, where we read: '40 projectiles hit Israel, '12 year-old killed in Gaza air strike,' 'Gantz cancels trip to U.S.' This I submit, clearly distinguishes our behavior, even in times of war, from that of those who wantonly shed the blood of others.

ZEV CHAMUDOT

Petach Tikva

J.Post January 19: Inept...and Loud

Sir, – We have now been informed of the increased concern in the IDF about the growing arsenal of anti-tank missiles and other malefic weaponry that has been smuggled into the hands of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza (“IDF preparing for major Gaza operation within next few months,” January 17).

As an informed citizen but with no claim to expertise on security matters, I am greatly disturbed by the IDF’s apparent ineptitude.

The smuggling of serious weaponry into Gaza is not a new phenomenon. It has been known for several years, and today’s satellite technology enables the pin-pointing of these activities.

Why has it been permitted to continue? Why have the smuggling tunnels not been eradicated? Why did then-prime minister Ehud Olmert and the IDF leave most of the tunnels untouched and end Operation Cast Lead with shameful unfinished business? But if indeed there are positive answers to the above questions, why in Heaven’s name are we now informing the enemy in advance of a planned “major Gaza operation?”

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petah Tikva

Deaf Ears

Sir, - While the fact of there being room for improvement in Israel's public relations efforts is commonly accepted, both the self-assured tone and much of Aaron Menenberg's arguments are open to question.

Operation Cast Lead only began after Israel's southern communities were attacked daily by terrorist rockets from Gaza for a well publicized 8 year period and yet received no sympathetic world understanding. Menenberg's own words testify to the IDF's extreme care to avoid civilian casualties by warnings through phone calls, leaflets, costly avoidance of military targets that were manned by civilians.

These efforts were well publicized and widely known. The infamous Goldstone Report followed, not because of Israel's failure to publicize, but rather due to the arrogance of a self-serving judge who was predisposed to condemn while knowingly basing his conclusions on hearing only one side.

It would be of interest to know how Menenberg would recommend that Israel publicly react to Obama's callous inhumanity in his remaining deaf to the recommendations of eminent U.S. citizens as well as to the pleas of Israel's leadership and all its citizens for the pardoning of Jonathan Pollard.

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

The Road to Hell

Sir, - In her article, "Who we are and what we seek" Ann Ighe in a rather aggrieved tone attempts to enlighten us unperceptive and insensitive Israelis about the 'whys' of the participants in the upcoming flotilla to Gaza.

Ms. Ighe informs us that they are not bringing weapons and that they are not a "flotilla of hate." They are, however, sailing to "break the blockade" which she describes as impeding the rights of Gazans to trade, to travel, and to develop their society.

It should be noted that Ms. Ighe does not in any manner refer to the more serious and fashionable claim of a suffering population living in wretched despair. She is unable to do so since the International Red Cross has declared unequivocally the fact of there being no humanitarian crisis in Gaza!

I would now like to inform Ms. Ighe who is the holder of a PhD and should be capable of thinking non-superficially as to the 'whys' of Israel's blockade of Gaza. It is certainly not out of hate. It is because we are unabashedly pro-Life. The lives of our children are very precious to us, and they and their parents have suffered years of indiscriminate rocket and terror attacks in their schools and homes. The blockade is absolutely vital for the prevention of rockets, bombs, and all instruments of death from reaching these Hamas terrorists.

You, Ms. Ighe together with your fellow travelers, however, be they Moslem, Christian, or Jew, perhaps unwittingly, will be aiding and abetting in Murder!

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva

[Image Credit: Free Gaza Movement]